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i'm grateful for all of my children. >> you can watch chris cuomo's interview with rielle hunter this friday on 20/20. she will talk about the current status of her relationship with edwards. >>> hockey mom stepped out on the ice to stop a fight. it started when a fight broke out in the middle of this youth hockey game. one referee blew the whistle but didn't intervene. so she took matters into her own hands stormed on to the ice with her purse in land to shout at the rev to get things -- to get -- the ref to get things under control. >> initially he thought he was going to be grounded for fighting. and he was a little embarrassed that understood the reasoning why i went out there to stop it. and he knows it is not something that we encourage him to do. >> the fight broke up as the two left the ice she later apologized for using colorful language. >> lisa argen in for mike. we don't want to know what those words are. >>> we have clouds in the city, east bay in the 70s, beautiful shot from vollmer peak this morning you seemont diablo, nice afternoon despite -- despite breezy winds and

our thanks to chris cuomo. and we thank you for watching abc news.ou check in for good morning abc. jimmy kimmel is coming up next and i hope you have a spectacular weekend.

i'm grateful for all of my children. >> you can watch chris cuomo's interview with rielle hunter thisriday on 20/20. she will talk about the current status of her relationship with edwards. >>> hockey mom stepped out on the ice to stop a fight. it started when a fight broke out in the middle of this youth hockey game. one referee blew the whistle but didn't intervene. so she took matters into her own hands stormed on to the ice with her purse in land to shout at the rev to get things -- to get -- the ref to get things under control. >> initially he thought he was going to be grounded for fighting. and he was a little embarrassed that understood the reasoning why i went out there to stop it. and he knows it is not something that we encourage him to do. >> the fight broke up as the two left the ice she later apologized for using colorful language. >> lisa argen in for mike. we don't want to know what those words are. >>> we have clouds in the city, east bay in the 70s, beautiful shot from vollmer peak this morning you seemont diablo, nice afternoon despite -- despite breezy winds and a

our thanks to chris cuomo.

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. >>> abc news exclusive, chris cuomo challenging the woman at the center of the john edwards scandal about his late wife. >> as a general rule, someone who is in your position, should not be talking about his dead wife. >>> and the fire storm over the bullied bus monitor. families of the kids enter an apology as she gets more than half a million in donations. >>> good evening. we begin with news that means more moneys in your pockets. gas prices plunging across the nation. as of today, the average price for a gallon, $3.45. some places around the country it is less than $3 a gallon. what does this mean for the family vacation this summer and for family savings.

. >>> abc news exclusive, chris cuomo challenging the woman at the center of the john edwards scandal about his late wife. >> as a general rule, someone who is in your position, should not be talking about his dead wife. >>> and the fire storm over the bullied bus monitor. families of the kids enter an apology as she gets more than half a million in donations. >>> good evening. we begin with news that means more moneys in your pockets. gas prices plunging across the nation. as of today, the average price for a gallon, $3.45. some places around the country it is less than $3 a gallon. what does this mean for the family vacation this summer and for family savings. abc's alex perez as hanss. >> reporter: the drop is dramatic. what's least expensive gas in america right now, 2.83 a gallon in north carolina. 16 dat$16 dates selling gas und three. in the coming days, analyst ums say six more states could join them. in that fire could not have come at a better time. low gas prices light a fire under americans. they really, really like low prices. this is sure to entice more people to go on v

. >>> tonight chris cuomo talks exclusively with rielleeóáç hunr she slams edwards late wife who diedom cancer. >> reporter: rielle hunter didn't take a stand at edwards' trial but now talking to chris cuomo. at fair that turned into one of the biggest political sex scandals first began in a new york hotel in 2006. edwards invited hunter to his room and she said the sparks flew. >> intensity like a rock concert. >> reporter: she said their connection was so strong even as edwards was campaigning to be president he was willing to risk it all to be with her. >> if we were not together, we would be talking on the phone about four hours, every right. -- every night. >> reporter: hunter says the edwards a marriage was ruined years before she came into the picture. >> he tells you there have been other women in his wife -- in his life? >> yes, i was not the first. >> reporter: she discovered she was pregnant with their now 4-year-old daughter francis quinn. edward denied he was the father. hunter called it devastating but chalked up edwards' lies to temporary insanity. >> at some point they

hunter gave an exclusive interview to chris cuomo. traverse has a look. >> reporter: rielle hunter didn't take a stand at john edwards trial but talking to abc news' chris cuomo. the affair that turned in to one of the biggest political sex scandals began in a new york hotel in 2006, edwards invited her to his room and she said the sparks flew. she said the connection was so strong that even as edwards was campaigning to be president, he was willing to risk it all to be with her. >> if we were not together, we would be talking on the phone about four hours, every night. >> reporter: hunter said the edwards marriage, a sound point in his campaigns was ruined years before she came in to the picture. >> he tells you there have been other women. >> yes. i was not the first. >> reporter: during the campaign, hunter discovered she was pregnant with their 4-year- old daughter. in a 2008 interview with bob wood rough, he denied he was the father. she chalked up lies to temporary insanity. >> they want you to sign a confidentiality agreement t

chris cuomo sits down with reyer rielle hunter. john edwards' mistress worth an hour of primetime on tv? the stress of the day, or the to-do list of tomorrow. only 14 clubs pick up the right one and drive it right down the middle of pure michigan. your trip begins at michigan.org. trouble with a car insurance claim. [ voice of dennis ] switch to allstate. their claim service is so good, now it's guaranteed. [ normal voice ] so i can trust 'em. unlike randy. are you in good hands? >>> muslim brotherhood candidate mohammed morsi the winner of e jips's presidential election. the announcement came just about an hour ago and was met with massive cheers in cairo's tahrir square. morsi defeated pro-military candidate ahmed shafiq who served as prime minister under former president hosni mubarak. joining me is cnn's foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty as we watch these continuing live pictures from what could have been a very different scene had the former prime minister won. the question is, how does the administration take this?

here's "20/20" co-anchor chris cuomo for our series, "crime and punishment." >> reporter: many of us prison life for convicted killers as a harsh, brutal, isolated place, as portrayed in "the shawshank redemption." so, when daniel hembree, a convicted killer, wrote a letter to the gaston, north carolina, gazette, gloating about his comfortable life on death row, it got plenty of attention. "is the public aware that i'm a gentleman of leisure, watching color tv in the ac, reading, taking naps and will, eating three well-balanced, hot meals a day." often, this is the reality of prison life for convicted killers. in this oklahoma state penitentiary, killers on death row still get to play dom knows and shoot hoops. at this maximum security prison in illinois, convicted killers can shop for soft drinks and snacks -- >> mountain dew, can i get that? >> reporter: at a well-provisioned commissary. at this prison in nashville, convicted killers can play softball. >> they're playing softball on lined base paths with baseball uniforms while other guys are hanging out, getting a sun tan. >> repo

listen, if you watched the show for the past couple of weeks you know i've talked a bit about governor cuomo in new york his plans to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana. you would be permitted to carry up to 25 grams for personal use without getting arrested. to remind you, 25 grams is is-- it's snuff to fill this. it's enough to fill this-- i think we must have mice here because it was up to here, and there were, like, five bags of doritos around here. ( laughter ). and they're all-- that's fine. never mind, just to show you. let me just get that. so it's-- by the way, i don't know if you can tell, this is labeled so that i know. ( laughter ). anyway, so i just want to refill it up to show you what would be legal, you know. >> governor cuomo today confirming his proposal to decriminalize small amountof marijuana is dead. so it went up in smoke following opposition in the republican-controlled state senate. >> ooooh! >> jon: would you excuse me just one second? ( laughter ) ( toilet flushing ) probably wondering why i have i toilet under there. ( laughter ). seeing as the show is 22 mi

>> under cuomo's plan having 25 grams of pot in public would only be a violation, not a misdemeanor.you have any idea how much that is? seriously, does anyone have any idea because i don't-- i haven't-- i don't use the metric system. i haven't since-- since 5th grade. i mean i know a gram is pretty small, so what are we talking becomes like you get to carry around a sudafed worth of pot, enough to get a mouse high, like what-- how much is 25-- oh, let me get my big book of useless metric conversion information out because it weighs exactly 25 grams. wow. that is a lot of pot. it's pretty heavy. in fact, 25 grams is nearly-- oh o an ounce of weed. that's 8/8th of weed or depending on your dealer 9/8th. how would someone who knows very little about pot describe that amount. >> being able to just walk around with 10 joints in each ear and it only be a violation i think that's-- (laughter) >> jon: 10 ear joints in each ear? first of all, that's ridiculous. i don't know if is there anyone in the history of the world with big enough ears an enough experience with pot to actually be able to

. ♪ >>> tonight chris cuomo talks exclusively with rielleeóáç hunr she slams edwards late wife who died cancer. >> reporter: rielle hunter didn't take a stand at edwards' trial but now talking to chris cuomo. at fair that turned into one of the biggest political sex scandals first began in a new york hotel in 2006. edwards invited hunter to his room and she said the sparks flew. >> intensity like a rock concert. >> reporter: she said their connection was so strong even as edwards was campaigning to be president he was willing to risk it all to be with her. >> if we were not together, we would be talking on the phone about four hours, every right. -- every night. >> reporter: hunter says the edwards a marriage was ruined years before she came into the picture. >> he tells you there have been other women in his wife -- in his life? >> yes, i was not the first. >> reporter: she discovered she was pregnant with their now 4-year-old daughter francis quinn. edward denied he was the father. hunter called it devastating but chalked up edwards' lies to temporary insanity. >> at some point they w

>> under cuomo's plan having 25 grams of pot in public would only be a violation, not a misdemeanor. >> jon: lolly-- 25 grams? do you have any idea how much that is? seriously, does anyone have any idea because i don't-- i haven't-- i don't use the metric system. i haven't since-- since 5th grade. i mean i know a gram is pretty small, so what are we talking becomes like you get to carry around a sudafed worth of pot, enough to get a mouse high, like what-- how much is 25-- oh, let me get my big book of useless metric conversion information out because it weighs exactly 25 grams. wow. that is a lot of pot. it's pretty heavy. in fact, 25 grams is nearly-- oh o an ounce of weed. that's 8/8th of weed or depending on your dealer 9/8th. how would someone who knows very little about pot describe that amount. >> being able to just walk around with 10 joints in each ear and it only be a violation i think that's-- (laughter) >> jon: 10 ear joints in each ear? first of all, that's ridiculous. i don't know if is there anyone in the history of the world with big enough ears an enough experience w

anyway, so i just want to refill it up to show you what would be legal, you know. >> governor cuomo todayoposal to decriminalize small amountof marijuana is dead. so it went up in smoke following opposition in the republican-controlled state senate. >> ooooh! >> jon: would you excuse me just one second? ( laughter ) ( toilet flushing ) probably wondering why i have i toilet under there. ( laughter ). seeing as the show is 22 minutes long. ( laughter ). hey, man, i'm not superman. look, here's the crazy part-- this bill is dead in new york, but in new jersey, the state assembly voted monday to decriminalize 15 grams of pot, but their governor doesn't want to do it. >> governor chris christie says he's going to veto it. this is not something he is in support of. >> jon: you know what this means, people? we're a gov-swap away from making the garden state the ( bleep ) look at that garden state! ( laughter ) i don't think it would be too hard to get either one of these guys to touch a skull, get drunk, and pee into a fountain and do the whole switch. what's the deal with vetoing it, chris chr

he took a tour with new york governor andrew cuomo, new jersey governor michacrist tee cuomo.took time to sign a white beam with red marker. he wrote we remember, we rebuild we come back stronger barack obama. >> the president's two events raised 4 and a half million dollars. out in his backyard mitt romney was raising money, too. he held one event at the public hotel which contributes 3.3 million to his cause. the oromneys are attending a wedding and celebrate father's day while spend ago few nights in their chicago home. he will be wrong gone we long g before the first family lands because he has a rally and ice cream social in new hampshire. >>> peter doocy, thank you. >>> president obama's new york city visit coming straight off a trip to ohio. he and mitt romney delivered dueling speeches on the economy. doug luzader has more on this. >>> people in every swing state should look at what happened in ohio yesterday. that's what they are in for over the next few months. the president carried ohio by five months in 08. looks like it will be closer this time around. he spent pa

it is a big boost to andrew cuomo. cops made 50,000 arrests. most stemming from the city's controversial stop and frisk policy which may maintain made them safer. the mayor discussed complications that arise. >> during the stop and frisk they said to turn out your pockets. the marijuana is now in public view. it just went from a violation to a crime. the affect of a criminal conviction on a young person can alter the trajectory of your entire life. >> he is the most riveting speaker since cool ledge. how does the pot smoking robot community taking the news? >> i don't know. they didn't seem high to me. governor you released a statement endorsing cuomo's proposal, but adds that it doesn't really solve the problem. >> i always advocated using marijuana because de criminalizing turns its back on half of the problem which is the market place. look, if they de criminalize pot, it just makes it in my opinion a lot easier for law enforcement to focus on those who are selling it. if you look at the profile of individuals in federal prison, the majority

. >> andrew cuomo approvallings are at all time highs and the unions whether cops, firemen, teachers,aper pushers up in albany keep voting for andrew cuomo and policies that keep benefiting them neill an. >> neil: and hurt the state. >> and hurt the state. >> we have cruelly high income taxes. there is no climate like the climate of california. but it is cruel. i have to say charles your gift for phrases today has been unbelievable. people waking up and working to pay for people who don't wake up and work. that is exactly the story of america reit now and it is very sad. >> neil: adam? >> this isn't a new development. there is all sorts of ways to tax people and all sorts of reasons for people to stay where they are. we tax the rolling stones when they have concerts and they have to pay for all sorts of things when doing their concerts. this is going to keep happening. it is not the end of the world. >> nobody said it was the end of the world. >> yes, we did. this is terrible. it is the end of the world. >> we need to reduce taxes and we are concerned about jobs, reit? why not reduce

thank you so much, chris cuomo. >>> we turn now to other big news today. secretary of state hillary clinton unleashed a verbal attack on the president of syria today, saying it is time for him to go. there are troubling reports of a new massacre in syria, unconfirmed. but when the u.n. tried to investigation, bull lets rained down on the peace keepers. abc's global affairs correspondent christiane amanpour has more. >> reporter: trying to confirm reports of another massacre in syria, unarmed u.n. monitors were blocked from getting into the area and then fired upon today. >> the u.n. monitors were shot at with small arms. >> reporter: no causalities were reported but government terror squads have been blamed for killing as many as 78 civilians including nine children outside the town of hama. we're still trying to verify these pictures, but an eyewitness told the bbc paramilitaries went on a skilling spree from house to house. they start to attack the city, he said. they are using weapons like knives and machine guns. and an activist who lives in hama and w

chris cuomo is back with much more on this. >> this is a bizarre one, robin.ever covered somebody, who has had more negativity directed at them, rightly or wrongly, who wasn't a criminal, than rielle hunter. but remember, she is the key to understanding what could be the biggest political sex scandal of our generation. six years of intrigue, and bad choices. and rielle hunter was at the center of it all. rielle hunter, involved in one of the biggest political sex scandals ever, reveals what she says really happened when she met john edwards. and how their affair became a tangle of lies and political ruin. do you regret falling in love with a married man? >> i don't regret falling in love. and i don't regret loving him. nor do i regret our daughter. >> reporter: a chance encounter in a new york hotel in 2006 started it all. >> he rounded the street corner. and it came out of my mouth, you're so hot. >> reporter: that was the first step toward an invitation that would change both their fates. he invited you to his hotel room. why did you go? >> i went there beca

what she told our chris cuomo, about what john edwards told her about his marriage and other affairs. the moment she said he went off the deep end. >> and chris will be here with that. >>> plus, the sinkhole shocker. a stunning scene. one woman came home to how her house -- look at that. just got swallowed. that's a live picture right there. and the scene is being repeated in many places. >> indeed, it is. >>> and the big party in the park. mary j. blige taking center stage in central park later this morning. >> we can't wait to head out to the park. >>> let's begin with the breaking news overnight on the economy. oil prices at their lowest point in nearly nine months. that could mean some eye-popping moments at the gas pump this weekend in a good kind of way. and major news on the nation's biggest banks. abc's david muir is tracking it for us this morning. why don't we start at the pump? >> robin, josh, good morning to you, gas prices hovering, lower than we haven't seen in months. $78 a barrel. that's translating quickly to the prices we haven't seen in months. already below $3 a ga

and abc's chris cuomo tells us about this first quarter in a very big fight. >> reporter: the signature of professional football -- violent contact -- is now the basis for the biggest court fight in the history of sport. the nfl has been sacked in a lawsuit by over 2,000 former players and their families. the charge? the league knew and deliberately hid the dangers of head trauma to players. jim mcmahon led the chicago bears to super bowl victory. he's now one of the players suing the league, and spoke to espn. >> we knew there was going to be a chance for injury. but we didn't know about the head trauma. and they did. and that's -- that's the whole reason for this lawsuit. >> reporter: the hits that excite audiences and are arguably promoted by the league as a calling card for the game, have been found by "espn sport science" to be the force equivalent of a sledge hammer blow to the head. one study found the average player takes 900 to 1,500 head shots a season. >> multiple hits to the head, multiple concussions can and we know does potentially cause long-term side effects that is irre

. >> o'brien: and in new york, andrew cuomo, then attorney general, launched an ongoing investigation into the growing use of high-interest health care credit cards. >> and it is where health care providers become agents for financing, and the financing company is providing the money to the doctor all up front. >> o'brien: according to heather haynes, there's another controversial aspect to how aspen does business. the more work employees convince customers to do, the more money they make. >> they want us to sell the cadillac of all dentures, and that's how we would try and sell. we would sell the biggest, best product, and if that didn't work, then we'd downsell. >> o'brien: if you succeeded and did well, could you make a lot of money? >> you could. >> o'brien: bonuses? >> yes. bonuses were given on a monthly basis. >> o'brien: so how do you incentivize your people and the dentists along the way here in order to keep the money flowing? >> well, the incentive for everybody is, let's do the right things for the patients. >> o'brien: but they have to meet certain goals in order to deriv

andrew cuomo and bloomberg right now so angry about what he says his dad mario cuomo was treated at thenniversary ceremony last year he is pulling funding for the museum. apparently the new mayor will be elected. >>> it is called cliff hangar it hits ality actualed of 7,1630 feet. that makes it the highest roller-coaster in the world. it was unveiled this weekend at an adventure park in glenwood springs, colorado. >> that will take your stomach. >>> policy trying to form a coalition today to back the country's international bailout. this after a narrow election victory after a suz enexit from the euro zone. we are life in athens greece. hey, ashley. >> ainsley, absolutely right. the leader of the new democracy party will now begin that job of trying to form a coalition government. it will not be easy. he won the post for what he calls pro bailout pro euro. either stick with this that comes from staying in the euro zone or risk falling out of the your yo and coming back which is considered in some quarters a catastrophic move. this is a country of being a recession for the 5th straight y

with us now is abc news correspondent chris cuomo. what is the news value of this? voyeurism aside, we know that gets television ratings. what's the news value of listening to this woman. >> we hope it gets ratings. look, i'm here on the factor it has to be news, right? what we are looking at here is potentially the biggest political sex scandal of our generation. rielle hunter was at the middle of all of it we can finally get from her perspective why did this ever begin? how did it continue? >> how did the decisions about the money, how did these decisions about john edwards repeated lies how muchs she can tell us. >> bill: did you make any news with this interview? look, the guy is acquitted now you can't double jeopardy him. a lot of the us think he did it but the jury has spoken. is there any news that i don't know if i watch this anything i'm going it learn? >> i think there is a lot of usefulness to it and i'm not evading the question. we know he was acquitted it was confusing verdict. not guilty on one count and dead locked on the others. why dead locked? she